Italy, Rome: A woman fells on ground after being hit by a water cannon used to disperse refugees who were evicted from a palace in the center of Rome on August 24, 2017. The UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) voiced "grave concern" over the eviction of 800 people from a Rome building squatted mainly by asylum seekers and refugees from Eritrea and Ethiopia. Almost 200 people expelled from the building sleep on the streets from 19 of August.
United Nations aid is brought to a besieged neighborhood in Homs, Syria. ادخال المساعدات الى حي الوعر الذي تحاصره قوات الأسد في محافظة حمص بسوريا
United Nations aid is brought to a besieged neighborhood in Homs, Syria. ادخال المساعدات الى حي الوعر الذي تحاصره قوات الأسد في محافظة حمص بسوريا
United Nations aid is brought to a besieged neighborhood in Homs, Syria. ادخال المساعدات الى حي الوعر الذي تحاصره قوات الأسد في محافظة حمص بسوريا
United Nations aid is brought to a besieged neighborhood in Homs, Syria. ادخال المساعدات الى حي الوعر الذي تحاصره قوات الأسد في محافظة حمص بسوريا
Nicosia north, two Turkish boys walking in front of a house destroyed by the conflict in 1973.
North Cyprus. Directions for Nicosia in the Turkish language.
North Nicosia. An old tower under UN control.
Mihalis, 48, runs a hotel near the buffer zone that needs urgent renovation. The price per room is 15 euro for the week end.
North Nicosia, a child on a bicycle.
Inside an old shop placed near the green line.
The economic crisis that began in 2012 led to the sale of land and buildings at a price very favorable to foreign financial companies and groups. Only in 2013, the most difficult year in the history of Cyprus, the Chinese have invested 300 million euro in real estate.
A gift shop in Kato Pyrgos.
The Agios Nikolaos checkpoint.
The authoritarian drift of Erdogan in Turkey worries and queries the Cypriot people about the progress achieved in terms of reunification and cooperation between the two republics in recent months.
A turkish souvenir seller, in the Kyrenia's port.
Kyrenia, North Cyprus, one of the many shops closed for years.
North side of Nicosia. A graffiti depicting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey.
Nicosia, a view from above.
An elderly woman lights a candle in a church.
The Orthodox Christian community of Cyprus is one of the oldest in the world. They are the 80% of the island population.
Nicosia South. Barriers to prevent access to the green line. Each year, according to UNFICYP reports, within the demilitarized area take place around a thousand accidents, from simple provocations to real shots of gunfire.
Two Russian tourists walking through the streets of Paphos.
Nicosia. One of the illegal access points to the buffer zones.
The military cemetery Tymbos Makedonitissa of Nicosia. Inside there are the tombs of the Greek and Cypriot soldiers who were killed in the 1974 riots.
South Nicosia
The lighting of one of the mountains of the Turkish Cyprus, representing the turkish Cypriot flag.
In Cyprus, the art of fishing still uses traditional methods; the collection of sponges is widely practiced throughout the island.
Muslim women to Kyrenia market, in the north of Cyprus.
A house destroyed in the Turkish part of Nicosia.
Kyrenia. Two tourists posing in front of the statue of the national hero, the turkish Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
A large truck convoy has delivered humanitarian aid supplies to the Syrian opposition-held town of Rastan under siege in central Homs Province. The 65 truck convoy is sponsored by the UN, The International Committee of the Red Cross and and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.
The ICRC says the convoy is the first to reach Rastan in over a year.
The supplies include food, medicine and medical equipment, electricity generators and water treatment materials.
Opposition officials say Syrian regime forces did not allow a large portion of the medical supplies including medications and vaccines mainly for children.
The town, which has been under siege for three years, has seen its population double to 120-thousand because of people fleeing fighting in the region.
Thousands of people gathered in Paris to participate in the Red Lines protest, near the Arc de Triomphe, and the D12 rally at the Champs de Mars. In a peaceful manner they demanded for Climate Justice and a fruitful agreement at COP 21.
Red Lines protest in paris. In the Background the Arch of Triumph.
Members of communities affected by climate change speak out against abuse of the governments and the oil companies destroying their ancestral lands.
Members of communities affected by climate change speak out against abuse of the governments and the oil companies destroying their ancestral lands.
Members of organizations conduct demonstrations in front of the media at the protest 'Red Lines'.
Members of organizations conduct demonstrations in front of the media at the protest 'Red Lines'.
Red Lines activity in Paris.
Members of the Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives (GAIA) pose for a photo at the Eiffel Tower.
Thousands of people form a S.O.S. Champs de Mars, Paris. In the background, Eiffel Tower.